Focus: Localizing the Cricothyroid Membrane Before Airway Management
Conditions
Keywords
airway management, cricothyroid membrane
Brief summary
Anesthesiologists get a course on localizing the cricothyroid membrane on a human using ultrasonography. Thereafter their ability to localize the cricothyroid membrane with either palpation or ultrasonography, in a randomised fashion, is tested.
Detailed description
The ability to localize the cricothyroid membrane on patients before airway management is crucial in order to be able to follow the difficult airway algorithms. Studies have show a high failure rate when anesthesiologists rely on palpation. In this study Anesthesiologists get an e-learning course, get literature to study , and get a theoretical course and a hands-on course in using ultrasound for localizing the cricothyroid membrane. . Thereafter their ability to localize the cricothyroid membrane with either palpation or ultrasonography, in a randomised fashion, is tested.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CROSSOVER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* being an anesthesiologist attending our airway management course
Exclusion criteria
* unwillingness to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| rate of success of localizing the cricothyroid membrane with ultrasound and palpation | december 2012 | the rate of success is measured |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| time to localise the cricothyroid membrane with ultrasonography and palpation | december 2012 | time measure for both ultrasonographic and palpation method |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed